Tag Archives: Starbucks

Bette and I went to see Won’t You Be My Neighbor yesterday, as good a way to begin a July as I could think of. I knew I needed to see it, but I was hesitant, too, because Mr. Rogers’ … Continue reading →

Let me put that another way. How about “Starbucks OR racism?” I suppose offering those two versions of the question is going to offend some people. I hope so because their being offended is what I want to write about. … Continue reading →

I experienced one of the few failures of conversation I have ever had in our Starbucks group last week. I had a position I wanted to sell. It is position the group almost certainly accepts in general, but they didn’t … Continue reading →

There is a bright red banner across the glass front of the pastry case at our Starbucks in Multnomah Village. It says, “Tidings of Delicious.” Every time I see it, I think of Matthew’s strategy for placing the birth of … Continue reading →

This isn’t really about food. It’s about conversation. I will want to use the balanced food diet as a metaphor to help me explore the balanced conversational diet. Here is the protein bistro box, which is my normal Starbucks breakfast. … Continue reading →

Tomorrow morning, Thanksgiving morning, Bette and I will go over to “our Starbucks” and meet friends who will have family obligations the rest of the day. I am tempted to say that we will all have “other family obligations” that … Continue reading →

One of the groups I belong to calls itself, modestly, the Northwest Corner Caucus (NCC). We meet at “our Starbucks” most mornings. We solve problems; we cause problems—it’s your ordinary group of guys (mostly) sitting around with too much caffeine. … Continue reading →